Hello everyone! Some of you may know my wife Yoko and I are confirmed summer festival revelers, and this coming season promises to be a really busy one. Locals and tourists alike have more choices this summer. It’s good then, that the Kansai Fireworks Calendar 2018 is mostly decided; only three districts are left finalizing schedules. The Kansai Fireworks Calendar 2018 […]
NASA JUNO Mission Update
In the past several years NASA, ESA and JAXA have all had their list of triumphs alongside a small number of failures, but never before have we seen so many consecutive achievements as those coming from NASA. Last year there were the hugely successful DAWN and NEW HORIZONS missions, both of which gathered a ton of media […]
Mars Jupiter Saturn Observations
Not long ago, in a previous report about the Mars Opposition on May 22nd, I happily commented on the general improvement in post-El Ninyo atmospheric conditions this year and the subsequent need for an optical set-up of extremely high precision to take advantage of what’s on offer. English Conversation students at the Smith’s School of English […]